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en ti 'UnitdStates, residingat Wawa., offtIlel-'a-Ware and State of 7:are.riso'nnetjnlesassembledand disassembled by the eccentric displacement of the casing members in accordance with the well-known' Conrad method, and sometimes by t-he use of'lilling openings, andin other well-known ways. In bearings ofjthe full type, variouslexpedients have also `.been resorted to. isifielry-jvforfinstancefas-forming one `or more of :th ".casingfmembers infsections, or, bythe visionffofgilling openings, and the. like. `fisone'of the purposes of my present SONin' ,nt-ion' to'xform uninterrupted and continuons iracewaysfor the rolling elements,

and also toconnect the several raceways rolling elements may be ltransferredv from Qnetothe other. The function -and capability last mentioned are valuable either for' png-pases,ofassemb1age, o r when" for `any it; reasnn-itebecomesdesirable or necessary to j passione. orvm'ore` of the trolling elements ,40 frompne raceway to another. After the rollngelements are mounted in their re- .Spee s gather hereby and locked, so as to constitute what is known in the art as a unit-han- 4., dling bearing. 'l

` Another purposevof my invention is to provide a closed bearing, that is to say, one in which the operative parts are' pro- ,niizigllt impair their efficiency An'r-iFmcrIoiv-'nnanriva 1.x.; .-'J f v Specitlcationvof Letters Patent Salvicatin med september 29, 1909. serial No. semina; n f

- shownvmy invention as a nted certain new ally speaking, I do not desire vtom,I iliriit., mp1?? with two series oballs-C'and Dlocated 1vrgmevvays,` thev parts are held to- -passage from the' I Y Y the other are subjected to someslightforce or distortion,l which vis permitted by'fthefie .dust and` other foreign matter .g llmxalgnssfforf Auria, rENNsYLvANInQ'f'AssIdNQR ro THE nnss-BRIGHT MANU- regar ame eomzANY,or.PHILADELPHIA'rnNNsYLvaNm, .A-.eonronarromior 'tatelitesmayas1912. l

pliedin preferred form, but I do not con ne myself to v.this type, as it. is obviously applicable to anti' y -friction bearings of 0therk1nds;lfand gener? 55 self to any particular embodiment br 'det-d1' except in, so far a's such limitationsaresp fied in the claims.;

Referring to tl'e drawing: Figurej'is' an 60 i edge View. of a bearing ofthe l'typevreferred to, having my inventionapplied:thert;v Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional viewthereof; and Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating a slightly modified form.- l b Referring first to Figs.I 1 and 2, the bearing there illustrated comprises an inner cas:- ing member A, a-n outer casing'member tween them. The series of.v balls. trl ,A y'70 upon the tracks or ways'a-"l,` 11441," and tl'fe" series vof balls D--travel` upon the tra'ckson Ways @-2, 5 2, the Said.traksffimyzl ing formed in therespective"casin'7 rn'fe'l'n- Vbers A and B, as showny in the drawlng. It

is noted that the tracks or ways a-l, a-2, of the easing member- A, are separated by the flange or rib .va-3, and that the tracks or ways b;1, 6 2, of the casing member ,13,argev y, separated'by'the angeorri'b f Ior to permit the transfer oftheballs from' on raceway to the `0,th'erIV connect them'fby,l

transverse grooveto'r passage Gffonrnedk inf one of these iangs or' ribs,l for `iiistaneefa'nd as shown in the drawing," inthe'tlange'z-# 85 of the casing member-A. This groove G isV formed of suiicient depth to permit the passage of a ball beneath the opposed iange or rib b-s, and the groove is soshaped and constricted as not to interrupt or interfere 90 with1 either of thev tracks or; ways Due to this constrictiomthe balls inth oove to one track or oelasticity ofthe materialsemployed,l inI e.n manner well understdin' the artfth ob-L ject vofthis arrangement being to guard against the accidental displacement of the balls, and to preserveithe continuity of the 10.0 effective portion of the tracker way. f

The casing.membersLA'and B are eacln`- V formed with a projecting ange, A1 and B1, respectively, at opposite sides of the bearing, each of .the said flanges extending to and overlapping the side of the opposed casing member, as shown in the .drawin in such manner as to prevent or reduce t e .admission of dust or other foreign matter tothe Working parts, an'd thus constituting a closed or dust-pro 'f bearing. In order to permit the insertio of the balls between the casing members, I form in one of them, for instance the member B see Fig. 2), a filling opening E, whereby the bal s maybe introducedv to the raceway which if desired they may be transferred through the groove' or`passage G to the race- The ,filling opening E, being formed in the outer surface of the member B, is normally closed by the contiguous mechanism when the'v bearin is applied in working position, and there ore no specialme'ans, 'such as plugsand the like, are required for that purpose.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form, wherein the filling opening E1 is formed in the side of the projectingiang'e Bf, and in this 4instance it is preferably closed by a plate F, which engages in the dovetail or -under-cut slides of the filling opening. In

both instances it will be seen that due precautions are taken to prevent the entryv of dirt or other deleterious substances. v-

-I n the form of bearing illustrated, ne obvious mode of assemblage would be,--irst, to locate the balls Din the track or way a'-' of the casing member A; second, to pass the casing member B thereover until lthe track or way b-2 engages with the balls D; and finally, to introduce the series of 'balls C into place through the external filling opening. However, such mode of assemblage is simply incidental to the particular form of bearingv shown by way ef example in the c drawing, and the one specially contemplated in the present application, and which is obviously capable of application in other forms also, is as follows: First, the two casl ing members are arranged `1n operatlve and concentric relations; second, the balls D are introduced through the filling opening into the raoeway a-1, b-l; third, the balls D are then passed one by' one through the groove or passage Gr into the raceway a2, 5 2, as previously described; and nally, the balls C are introduced through the filling opening into the raceway @-1, b-1; it being noted that the balls C, because of theirf engage# ment with their tracks or ways, serve to hold the parts together in such manner as to provide a bearing of the'self-contained or unithandling variety. The groove or passage G may also be employed when, for any reason,

it is deemed desirable or necessary to transfer a ball from one raceway to the other.

As previouslyv stated, the invention may va-l., 5 1, and from be applied in many ways, and obviously many changes and variations will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art wit out depprting from its spirit. 4 g U aving thus described my inyentlon, its construction and mode of operat1on,what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

of the United States is as follows: 1. In an anti-frictionbearmg, the comblnation of casing members provided with a distortion of the parts in the transfer of the rolling elements therethrough. 2. In an anti-frictionlbearing, the combination of casing members provided with a plurality of -raceways and a corresponding plurality of series of rolling elements .located therein, the contiguous raceways bemg separated by flanges or ribs, and bem connected by agroove or passage forme in a flange' or rib, whereby the rolling elements may be transferred from one to the other, and the said groove o passage being so constricted as to necessitate distortion of the .95

parts in the transfer of the rolling elements therethrough.

3. In an anti-friction bearing, the combination of casing members -provided with a pluralityofraceways and a corresponding plurality of series of rolling elements 1ocated therein, the said raceways being connected by a groove or passage, whereby the rolling elements may be transferred from one to the other, and the said groeve or passage being so constricted as to necessitate distortion of the parts in the transfer of the rolling velements therethrough, and one of the casing members being formed with a filling opening, whereby the rolling elements may be introduced into one of the raceways.4

4:. In an anti-friction bearing, the combination of casing members provided with a4 vplurality of raceways and a corresponding plurality of series of rolling elements located therein, the said raceways communieating .with each other by a constricted groove or passage so that the rolling elements may be transferred by distortion therethrough, and one of the casingmembers being formed with a filling opening .leading to one of the raceways so that the rolling elements may be admitted thereto.

5t In an anti-friction bearing, the combination of casing members provided with a 4plurality of raceways and a corresponding plurality' of series of rolling elements located therein, the contiguous raceways being separated by Hanges or ribs, and being connected by a groove or passage formed in ,i one ofthe Hanges or ribs, whereby the 1'011- In testimony whereof I. have aixed my ing elements may be transferred from one to signature in presence of two Witnesses.` the other, and the said groove or passage beeonstricted in the direction of the opposv HENRY HESS 5 ing-rib or ange so as to necessitate distor- Witnesses:

tion' of the parts in the transfer of the roll- THEO. H. MCALLA, y ing elements therethrough. JOHN S. CLEMENT.

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